The day Momma lost her $&^!

I am writing this post as a letter to me, as a reminder of the day I lost my $&^! and went all Momma Bear on a couple of Jb's teachers. Teachers each have a website and are supposed to list all of the assignments, and due dates, etc. A few of them don't bother to do this, and yesterday two in particular decided that 2 days before the end of the term would be a good time to finally fill out their web pages. This resulted in more than a few missing assignments for JB, virtually no time left in the term to do them, and me writing a fairly scathing email to them explaining my severe anger and absolute displeasure. This post is a reminder to NOT write emails in anger. While I do not regret my words, I do regret the way I presented them. I let a moment of anger control me instead of  presenting my case  calmly and out of thankfulness for all the wonderful things those teachers actually do for my kid. Let today be a lesson to me to think more clearly and act more kindly.

Creepy Christmas

So, last night we decorated our Christmas tree, and JB wanted to put her raven skeleton from Halloween, on as the tree topper. We did, and we had a great laugh and that made us start thinking of creepy stuff that happens at Christmas time, ...which lead us to think of this:









Do you have a creepy Christmas moment?

Mysteries of life and death

Today (December 1, 2014) I went to a "friend"s" Facebook site to wish her a happy birthday. The word "friend's" is in quotes because I have actually never met this person. She is the wife of a high school pal, and when I found him via Facebook, I also found her. Through him, I learned that she loves the geek world as much as he does, and they are raising two beautiful little geeklets with a life full of fun, and LOTR, and Harry Potter, and Loki, and all things weird. I also learned how much he absolutely adores her, and they make my heart so incredibly happy to witness their on going devotion to each other.  So, today she turned 44, and I am sad to learn, today she also began a new life with God. I don't know the circumstances of her passing, just that she passed away this morning. Even though I never met her face to face,  I understand how much he loves her and how lonely he will be without her, and that makes my heart so incredibly sad. God's speed, my friend. Happy heavenly birthday. Until we meet...